I am a very picky sleeper. I sleep lightly and I need absolute perfection in my environment to fall (and stay asleep). Everything has an order; not in an OCD sense, but in a climate-controlled sense. I need silence, I need darkness, I need fresh air, I need weight on my body. _uacct = “UA-4888259-1”;urchinTracker();
Any less than that and I will become the world’s greatest insomniac.
Thus, moving into our new house 18 months ago has posed a bit of an adjustment period for me. When I was younger, I would rearrange my bedroom countless times in a year to find the proper configuration of furniture to light to windows. In all my apartments, I lucked out: the bedrooms were perfectly situated to one arrangement, and it worked for me. The duplex was the same.
The master bedroom in the acreage?? Not so much.
Our bedroom is very square. The door is on the north wall, the closet and ensuite are on the west wall, the 8′ window is on the south wall, and the east wall is empty. At first, we thought we would like the bed under the long window. It was summer and the breeze at night was refreshing. However, there is a reason that feng shui dissuades having your bed under a window: I slept restlessly for months until one night I got up and pushed our bed over the empty east wall.
The bed has stayed there until 2 nights ago. It was an ideal location; after all, it allowed space on both sides of the room when you walked in, wasn’t under the window and didn’t block the doors or closets. Unfortunately our godforsaken yard light that doesn’t have an off-switch shines directly on my side of the bed. Even with blinds up, it shone like a laser between the cracks of the two curtains to hit me square in the eyes.
For months, I have tossed and turned every night. I’ve tried switching sides with Leith (who can sleep through anything), but I need to be on a certain side of the bed. Oddly, that “side” has nothing to do with right or left, north or south, window or door. I can only tell which side is “mine” by gut instinct.
I know, I know….
ANYWAY. On Friday night, I’d had enough. At 11:30pm, with an upset stomach and headache, I threw back the covers and rearranged our entire room to put the bed against the north wall – opposite the window. I didn’t want to, because I thought having the bed beside the doorway would make the room feel cramped and stuffy. Lo and behold! It actually makes our room look GIGANTIC! It also allows me to use my beautiful 3’x5′ black and white art as a headboard. There is an energy flow to the room that was missing, and I have slept peacefully since the change.
I know that many people scoff at the idea of energy pathways and feng shui, but I will tell you this much: there is a perfect way to organize a room. It took me 18 months of sleepless nights to find it, but I feel like a new person now.
And yes, it was this perfect arrangement that allowed me to happily have champagne and bacon in bed for breakfast yesterday 🙂
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